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Post by bbradley406 »

eeeeeeeeeeeee wrote: post #84
maxxxxx wrote: post #22

In general I don’t understand why people think that it’s ok to pollute every bit of space with noise of their choice (aka music). I view it as a big nuisance.

I notice this with some people in general, that seems to always want to pollute the air with words when sometimes, there is beauty in silence. And then I get called "quiet" for not doing the same. Ugh. I know a few people that for some reason feel the need to narrate what I can see with my own eyes.

“Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?”

― Sathya Sai Baba

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Post by sk5t »

TheChaplain wrote: post #235
colejohnson66 wrote: post #232

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except he didn’t tamper with anything

Uhm, I know? But he did state the intent to do so, and I just said it would be a bad idea as they will likely call the cops on him. At least in my country you'll get into trouble if you tear down billboards, alter advertisement panels/electronics and alike.

Heaven forbid one to employ civil disobedience, or even to take non-destructive steps, in order to tamp down offensive, irritating aspects of daily life.

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Post by Obi_Juan_Kenobi »

maxxxxx wrote: post #73
jniedrauer wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As with many things, it's profit-driven. As a related example, bars intentionally turn the music up loud enough that conversations are difficult because this causes patrons to buy more drinks.

" loud enough that conversations are difficult because this causes patrons to buy more drinks" I know that I am weird but this makes me just want to run away,.

Weird generally, but probably much less so here.

It's not terribly surprising that people that choose to spend a lot of time interacting via text vs. conversation (e.g. programming) could have sensory processing disorders. Research in auditory processing disorder is relatively young, but at least some cases can be objectively diagnosed with FFR https://journals.lww.com/thehearingjournal/FullText/2016/080...

If you have difficulties understanding speech, it's worth talking to an audiologist; you can effectively train for this! https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29056453

It's also worth noting that auditory processing disorder is associated with autism spectrum disorder. I'm particularly interested in the various etiologies of autism, and whether the traits of 'minor' autism are well explained by simple sensory or sensory-processing disorders.

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Post by SauciestGNU »

jimmy1 wrote: post #238
cjmoran wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On all the pumps near me, the second from the top on the right side mutes the video. Some gas station attendants or kind customers thought to write "Mute" on the button in sharpie, and I encourage everyone to do the same.

I wouldn't condone vandalism -- despite however justified you may feel it is, plus it would have the opposite effect: I don't want whoever create those demon machines to know we know where the mute button is.

Vandalism is actually cool and good, especially when employed in the fight against these ridiculous intrusions into attention and minds.

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Post by PascLeRasc »

hnruss wrote: post #146

I experienced this on another level while working retail at a musical instrument store for a few years. People would pick up any instrument and play whatever they wanted for however long they wanted-- at whatever volume they wanted. Although some people are quite talented, most are not. One lady would sit at the piano for hours, playing the musical equivalent of nonsense. Around that same time, I had my own home reco…

I was just wondering if music instrument store employees would be affected by everyone playing. I'm learning guitar and my housemate says it's disconcerting to hear me playing parts of a song he recognizes without the full instrumentation/song structure. I can't imagine if 5 people were doing that all at once for an 8-hour shift.

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Post by PascLeRasc »

sevensor wrote: post #79

I attended university in the very early days of MP3s. In a microcontroller lab, the TAs hooked one of the lab computers to a pair of speakers and set up their collection of MP3s to loop indefinitely. I still remember the whole playlist: * White Wedding by Billy Idol * I Am The Walrus by the Beatles I may have the order reversed.

You'd appreciate this John Mulaney bit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnkrL42R7gk

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Post by pat_space »

FireBeyond wrote: post #205
rmason wrote: post #185

They modernized the gas pumps at our local Speedway by adding video players. Instead of news like I've seen in California they play endless commercials and the volume is loud. I remember stopping one time when it was twenty below zero this winter, no one was at the pumps and the same commercial was playing and not a single pump's sound was in sync with another. I felt like I was in a movie about a dystopian future.

One near me has a 7 second VHS clip (you can see the tracking lines) on repeat, which is just a "stretch exercise" with muzak playing. And I wish I was exaggerating. Seven seconds.

That sounds like a value-add.

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Post by snakeboy »

drilldrive wrote: post #181
ABCLAW wrote: post #162

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>They want mindless binge drinkers, not talkers. I'm friends with a lot of bar owners, and have had a few bars in the family in the past. Owners don't want someone getting plastered. We want the high functioning alcoholic who orders 3 pints to his partner's 1 and draws his friends to come to the pub with him every night or two.

Seeing that you have experience in this sector, what is the purpose of a bar exactly? I never have gone to a bar, but always have had the assumption that bars are pretty much for getting plastered.

Nah, it's generally not very economical to do so. They serve primarily as a evening/weekend social hub, much like a restaurant. If you want to get plastered, you're much better off doing that in a private residence, in my experience.

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Post by dgzl »

rmason wrote: post #185

They modernized the gas pumps at our local Speedway by adding video players. Instead of news like I've seen in California they play endless commercials and the volume is loud. I remember stopping one time when it was twenty below zero this winter, no one was at the pumps and the same commercial was playing and not a single pump's sound was in sync with another. I felt like I was in a movie about a dystopian future.

-20 Fahrenheit or Celsius? That could easily be a scene in a horror film.
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